Door buffer and holder



Dec. 17, 1929. I

J. H. BASINGER DOOR BUFFER AND HOLDER Filed March 18, 1927 IN V EN TOR.

Fla.

Patented Dec. 17, 1929 Joan BAs N -aa" EL K AH A C Y OKLAHOMA noon Bunsen Ann HOLDER Application-filed March 1s, 1927. serial No. 176,528.

This invention relates to means for controlling open doors, to protect thedoor from contact with the wall and to prevent slamming or accidental closing of the door; and

' the objects of the invention are; first, to pro:

vide an open-door latch or holder which engages the knob of the door and holds the door open; second, to provide a stop at the wall behind the door in position to intercept the knob of the opening door, the stop having a permanent back stop and a spring supported i buffer which. yields to the pressure of the, door knob and absorbs or mitigates theshock when the dooris thrown back with force;

and, third, toprovide a combination of the latch or holder withthe stop whereby the holder is actuated toengage the doorknob when the knob bears upon the butter, and whereby the holder may be put out of opera- 0 tive relation to the buffer when the use of the holder is not required.

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: p

Fig. 1 is a side view of the holder in combination with the stop. Section is made thru the wall plate and the housing on the line 11 in Fig. 2. A'door knob is in touch with the buffer without actuating the latch; Fig. 2' 39 is a face View 01 a wall plate on which all the parts of the combination are supportechthe' bufi'er being removed to show the' position of the crank by which the holder is actuated;

Fig. 3 is a view frombelow upward, section 138-5 being made thru the wall plate, on the line 38 in Fig.1, showing therelation of the parts after the latch has been actuated toengage the door knob; Fig. 4 shows thebufi'er,

removed from the combination, secured to a sweep or guide which maintains the butter central with the opening in the wall plate; Fig. 5 shows a spring'based on the wall plate and tensioned upward against a flatted' portion of a crank shaft supporting the holder in position. I Fragmentary section is made on the line 55 in Fig. 2; Fig, -6 is a pictorial View of a completed structure wherein; the latch or holder is hinged to the wall plate below the butter. I

' The latch or holder acrank shaft 12 i: numerals. refer to similar parts 7 thruout the several views. i

Awall plat-e 1 is secured to the wallet the house and supports all the partsolf the combination ofthe holder or latch and the stop. 5;

A box or housing 2 is securedtothe waltplate l byyrivets or screwsand forms a chamber3. At the narrow endof the chamber is pivoted a;sweep4 Which'is held in position lbyflpins 5 passing thru the walls of the chamber and m thru the cornersof the sweep. A buffer 8 is secured to the sweep by; screws or other means and stands centrally thru an orifice -9 in the wallplate 1; A spring-leis based on the back wall of the chamber. 3 and supports the 1 sweep strongly' for-ward against the wall plate 1. The buffer is positioned to intercept the knobzoflthe opening door and protect the door and the wall from mutual contact, and

when thedoor .is opened back again'st the 7-0;

buffer with ,mu'oh force the spring is come pressedand'the buffer yields to the impact The jbufi eris faced withso'ft rubber to avoid de-. tacmgzthedoor knobandcontributesto'the 75.

and prevents", or mitigates the shock;

prevention of shock; When the spring ,is

compressed and the buffer is driven back into the ichamberig by. the doorknob the back'wall: 1 of the chamber becomesthe permanent stop for the door.

buffer 8.; When the'buiter isdriven back intov thechamberfisby, the door knob 16 the roofof the tunnel bears on'the crank land turns'it backward, with a little downward swing, thru "95 nearlya' quarter'of a circlepand 'moves the holder forward and downward over the. door knob, along the course of the broken. linefrom' I ato b il Fig-l, till it rests on the stem 17 o'fthe door knob 16. The-latch is hinged to the up against the roof of thetunnel' 15 in the f y when it is actuated.

wall plate on a line below the center of the buffer and below the center of the door knob so that the holder will not slide up over the curved surface of the upper half of the knob when traction is made'against the holder,

The crank may be entirely below the buffer (shown in Fig. 6) and some means other than the tunnel provided to connect it with the buffer or with the sweep 4:.

Springs 18 based on the wall plate 1 and tensioned upward against a flatted portion of the shaft 12 holds the latch in normal position.

' The door knob may be put in touch with the buffer without depressing it and the holder actuated by hand to engage the door knob independent of the buffer. When the door is to bereleased the holder is lifted by hand to its normal position.

At times when the use of the holder is not required it may be turned downward against said door holder being movable toward operative position by said buffer. V v

4. A deviceof the class described comprising a fixed support, a'holder for engagement with a door knob pivotally connected with said support, a yieldable buffer for engagement by the door, and means connecting said holder and buffer to cause the holder to engage the door knob. 1 Signed this 4th day of March, 1927. r i r J OHN H. BASINGE'R.

the wall plate, in the position indicated by the broken line cl d. In that position it is not actuated by the buffer'an-d does not inter-- fere with its use as a door stop.

Aside from its combination with the door stop, a holder at the door knob so easily manipulated by hand to hold and release the door affords a convenience that may not be found in door holders atv the floor or on the bottom of the. door or' the base of the wall.

A door step encountering the door knob 'pre sents resistance to the violently'opened door nearer its middle and in some measure balances the strain on the door. -Th1S COII1b1 nation put no lncumbrance on the door and no obstruction onthe floor or the base of the wall, and in its position at the door knob it stands out but little from the wall in contrast to the outstanding stop that encounters the body of the door. The structure may be open-door position, a crank connected with the said door holder by which the holder is actuated, a buffer which is actuated by the knob of an open door and which actuates the said crank and thereby actuates the said door holder to engage the said door knob, a

fixed stop which supports the said buffer 2. A door holder adapted to engage the knob of a door and holdthe door in open position, a crank connected with the said door holder by which the holder is act'uated,

a buffer which intercepts and is actuated by the saidkncb when the door is opened and which actuates the said crank and thereby actuates the said door holder to engage the buffer. 

